We know what fathers are: seed dispensers who abuse and brutalize and discipline and treat their mates and children like property to be disposed of and smacked around at will for their own good. Right? A surprising BBC documentary calls BS.
Slavery and debtor’s prisons are both illegal – but with a few mind-blowing exceptions. Michael Sharron lays out the case.
Breaking Bad is arguably one of the greatest TV shows ever made. The scene where a father kidnaps his own child was one detail many followers might have overlooked, especially since its the exact opposite that occurs every single day.
The governor’s race in Virginia is highlighting a sad fact in the state that is for “lovers.” Loving fathers is a controversial idea if you want to hold public office. Attorney Robert Franklin offers perspective.
Feel like playing Russian Roulette? Barbarossaa lays out the facts for what can happen to a man who allows himself to be a full-time childrearer, and Managing Editor Dean Esmay agrees with every word.
Women who have a history of bashing men, spreading lies about men, and pretending to be oppressed by men are also big on whinging about what’s wrong with modern men and what men have to do to make their lives better. A Grumpy Old Man takes them to task, and rather effectively we’d say. We also say it’s about time.
“First I feared him, then I loathed him, then I forgave him and now I take care of him: the story of my father and me.” Judgy bitch tells the story of her relationship with her father, no punches pulled. Sit down for this one, folks, it’s a moving tribute to the power of redemption, making amends and finding it in yourself to forgive.
Clayton Craddock explains how fatherhood is far more than being a walking wallet. How motherhood is just as much about maintaining your children’s relationship to their dad as being a mom. And how the best father’s day gift a mother can give her children’s dad is letting him be a father.
President Obama has a well established history of derogating fathers. In fact, hating on fathers, especially ones too poor and broken after the family court gauntlet to pay child support, has been a kind of political platform for the man. Neil Westlake wants to know if there is more of the same on the way.
Father’s Day is often a touchy time in the MHRM, as well as it is in more mainstream life where people are hesitant to be open. Paul Elam tells us about his relationship with his Dad. Far from perfect as it was, it also seems to be just what he needed to be the man he wanted to be.
